Closet bowl



(No Model.) n

GlLL.

, .Y GLGSET BOWL.

No. 551,584. v' Patented' @90.17, 1895.

uNRY'tiJL'L, or; cmdm0, 'II-JLINois, Assiofon 'ro nnisriigi, Ann

BURNER, AND HENRY w.

Afd ll. CANNON, OF SAME lfLACll.

`su:C21/F;o'rIolyr forming part of' .Letters Patent No. 551,584, dated Decenio-m17, 1895.

Application ned April 8,' 1895.

' To LZfzUw/n t may concern:

lie-it known that I, l-[ENRY GILL, ol' (lliic'ao,y vin the county of Cook and f'itate 'ot Illino1s,' have inventedcertain new and useful Iniproveinents in Closet-Bowls; and l do herebyv decla re that tlc iol lowing .is a i'ull, clear, and exact d'cscriptioii thereof, i ereuce being had tothe,accompanying drawings, and tothe let; ters ol reference marked thereon, which i'orln apart of vthis specification.

This invention relates to iinprm'eincntsin the construction. oi' 'closetfihoppers o rbowls usedin connection with tlushorwash-ou devices :supplied with water lihroligh va connect.- irig-pipe, and usually l'roni titi overhead tankt .tron'i which saidpipe leads, and partcula rl y to that class oi.' closet bowls or hopper-s con,`

st'ructed of metal. Ilerctol'owl these devices have been largely and ircierablycohstructial of carthemvarc, which', at'tcrgli'eing t'ormcd into a .desired shape, have heen. baked .and glazed and othemvsc arranged l'or use. rl`he up] er-portionI o't the-bowl has been provided with an annular chamber or]spaccextending usually around the cnt ire interior of. the bowl, having` a plurality ot sinall apertures through its under side and connected through a hollow entension, known as a il ush-stub,vv with aA water-supply pipe, which lat ter was inserted in the stub, whercbythe flush-water could enter this chamber irjspace and. by

passing' out through the apertures. enter the interior ot' the bowl andflush the saune. In

practice, notwithstanding the dil'liculty h rconstructingI said earthcmrare bowls, the latterha'vc been more generali yused than metal -bowls beca-usc ot their more cleanly appearance and relative cheaimess, and; because et a 'peculiar and desirable shape or -cont'orniationcarthenware bowls ,may be used in con.-

jne'ction with ran S-trap,.while in the metal bowl a cylindrical ol? conical bowl. isthe-only practical toi-1n', and this isxumlesirable, except lor limited uses. lt'has been found that the coi'ineetion ot' the nietal ilushpi pe within the {lush-stub ot' the earthenwarc bowl becomes` leaky and permits the` overilow oi water-into the roonndoing dama-ge to thciioorol the room and to the ceiling oi the room below. The flush-pipe is usually secured withiuy the flush-stub.- hy

seria No. 544,858.. No modem;

lncans'ot meltedl brimstoue, which lcaves'a thin shell on the,outside-ofthe [lush-stub or earthenware, thefpi )e being rig ll'l y secured, of course, to the wali orthe tank above. undue jar to the earthenwarc bowl: or the scttlngofthc building has a tcndency'to and in practice is l'ound lo be suliicicnt toca-use lthebreaking ol.' this joint-'and'ot' vthe 1lnsh` stub', which not only causes dainagc,.but necessitates the purchase of an entire new lbowl, because the flush-stub .is'integral with the eartl1em\'a1cbowl. 'lhere is usually a recess `bet-weelnthe end olf the-Ilush-stub and the :in-

ner end ol.' the larger recess or chalnbcr, which fills with water, and which water remains. continually there to saturate and rottihe shell of the earthenwarc, and which,beingatifeeted ,by lthe slightcstfrost, contracts theearthenware and causes` afleak in the joint, ifnot a' 7o An y 55l newed promptly causes ai leak in. the joint,- which produces damage, as before stated.

This invention, therefore, has forits objects the construction olf a metal bowl and ilushwater Space rand connection thereto which shall obviate tite al)ove-mentioned diiiiculties' andbthers notlnauied, and which 'sha-ll at theV saure 'time bel-iractieal, neat, relatively cheap also he enamtinish and aptrat longitudinal vertical section of a device embody ng my invent-ion.

zontal section of the lsame. taken] upon the line 2 vt? of'Fig. v1, looking f,lownwardas indiription thereof,

Fig. 2 is 'a hori- -Loo cated by the arrows. Fig. Il is an enlarged view in perspective ol` what I have hereinal'ter called a saddle" or clip Lilie letters ol' reference indicate similar partsl wherever used. c

In said drmvings the letter represents I the bod)l or bowl proper olf any desired conflange il.

figuration and provided with the usual discharge-opening o through a downwardly-directed annular tlange fr', which latter tlangc tits within tue upt urned end I) ol' a water-seal trap ll, and is secured in position therein by means o1' rivets Z1'. '.lhe trap ll is provided with the usual vent-opening and its discharge end It enters a suitable discharge-pipe ll'. The latter is provided at. its upper margin with an annular outwardlyextending flange Il* that rests upon the usuallmseplate C. An-annular.washer l' euch-cles the mene her `It olf the trap, rests upon the tlange le ot.' the discharge-pipe Il' and is secured in position upon tl1c baseplate t) by means ot' small bolt-s c. '.lhe base-plate C may he secured to the lioor or to any suitable iixture bvbolts or other devices passing through suitable apertures c' convenientlvpositioned in the plate C.

'lhe upper part ol' the trap ll is provided with a beariug-tlange lli, the upper surface of which is made to conform to the exterior configura-tion ot' the bottom ot` the bowl A, which rests upon the supporting .plateor In Fig. l this plate is shown as slightly concave, and the bowl is secured thereto by means ot' rivets n2. The upper part ot the bowl is tinished so as to lorm a concave scmicircular bearing place for the .flush-water chamber `l)--that is to say, `t'or a short distancelfrom its top margin the walls of the bowl are curved outwardly, as shown in Fig. l at iL-and at'ter the chamber Dhas been placed in position 4the upper edge a is kertcd or ehamt'cred oil", so as to give as neatI and tinished appearance as possible to thc union between the chamber l) and the walls ot the bowl A. 'lhe bending in ot". the ma1rgin of the wall o", aml which wall extends upwardly beyond the horizontal axis of the` chamber l), serves to retain the chamber l) properlyin position within the bowl A.

rlhe chamber l) is preferably tubular in c1'oss-s .\ction,ot` metal, and of such cont'ornnb. tion as is given the bowl A, and as clearly shown in h'ig. 2, with its adjacent ends d d united and abutting together at the rear otl the bowl A. A portion et' each ot' .the ends fl is eut awa-y, as shown at tl, which cutaway portions forni an aperture or passage-way from the interior ot the chamber I) through and registering with an aperture (le in the rea-r ot' the bowl, whereby ctnnnnlnication may be had through any suitable Hush-pipe l'. ln the lower surl'ace ot' the chamber l) and at convenientintervals are placed a plurality' ot' apertures di through which water ma): exit trom the chamber l) to the bowl A. 'l`hese apertures d are shown in thc drawings as circular and as being,l placed at regtllarin tervals apart; but itis obvious that they may be other than ci rcnlar in shape, and that their size and number will depend upon the amount ot' flush-water fed tothe chamber I) and desi red to be allowed to escape into the bowl A.

I)`- is au apron secured by screws or other wise to th'e interior of the forward end of the chamber l), and provided with a depending portionV tl extending somewhat; below the lower margin ot' the chamber ,D to prevent the Hush-water that escapes through the apertures d that. are located near the front of the bowl A from splashing inwardly and upwardly. 'lhc splasher-apron D2, while desirable, may ot' course be omitted, if necessary. t i

E isa circular bent clip or saddle of stiflicent length to extend some distance beyond the abutting ends t d of the chamber D inserted within said clip, and to afford snicientbearing therefor. 'lhe front portion 0f Said clip is providet'l with a depending guard e, which extends below `ille lowercdge of the chamber l) and thus prevents splashing-0f the water that passes through theapertures d3 adjacent to the inlet into the chamber D. 'l`l1e rear side ot' the clip E extends over that part of the wall u olf/the bowl A that is 1ocated in the rear aml`through which the ap-` erture ft2 extends, and is secured to the rear wall ot' the bowl A h v means ot' rivets e.' that pass through suitable apertures e in the lower portion of said rear wall of the clip E. The clip` is secured at its upper portion tothe chamber l) by means of screws ci that; pass through suitable apertures e* in the upper side ot' the clip and extend into and engage IOO scre\\'-t`ln'eaded apcrtu res in the said chamber l). llymeans ot' this clip ll it will be readily unt'lerstood that the rear and abutting ends tl (I of the chamber D are more trmly'secured in position and together at the rear end ot` the howl A, and that this securing-clip, taken in connection with the inturned upper margin o* of the wall of the howl A, together iirnlly unite and secure t he chamber l) to the bowl A. Extending outwardly t'rom the rear side ot' the clip E, and preferably'integral with said clip, is a stub connection l" provided with a longitudinal aperture f, which registers at; its inner end with the aperture d* in the wall of the bowl A, and which aperture fis screwthreaded throughout all o1' a portion of its length tto receive the serewthrezvuled end of the flush-pipe D'. It will thus be understood that when the Hush-water is permitted toy come `down through the pipe D' it will pass through the passage\vayf, the apertures d t rtf',aud will rapidlyenterthe chamber l), and

from this it` will pass into the bowl Athrongh the plurality ot apertures d in a familiar manner. J l

The bou/1A istmade entirelyot sheet metal pressed into the t'lesired shape or forni, and while brass or other sheet metal may be used I prefer sheet-steel. Afterbeing pressed i nto IIO the desired form, the ends of the chamberD are placed within the clip E, and the chamber and 'clip then placed into position on the bowl A, the clip being secured by the rivets c' to the bowl and the chamber being further secured to the bowl bv turning in the upper margin of the bowl, as described. -lhe trap B may be secured to the bowl A either before or after the chamber l) has been itself secured thereto, and the entire device, after the several parts have been secured together,

` will be submitted to the proper plating or enameling process by which any desiredfincaused to resemble the familiar earthenware ishwill be imparted thereto, and the'sheet metal, if enamel is used as a iinish, will be closet-bowl.

The trap B may be of the form shown, or

' may be made in any of the familiar forms upon chamber rest-ing in said recess, a clip for securing the adjacent ends of the tubularchamber together and to the bowl, a water inlet communicating through said clip to the interior of said chamber and a plurality of apertures in said chamber' communicating with the interior of the bowl, substantially as described.

i'. The combination of a metal closet bowl provided with a recess in its upper end formed by Haring the upper margin outward, with a tubularush chamber adapted to rest in said recess, said chamber being secured in 'said y' recess by turning in the upper part of the wall of the recess to and against the side of the flush chamber, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a water closet bowl provided with an outwardly bent portion in its upper margin and constituting a bearing recess, a tubular metal chamber located in said bcarin g recess and having its ends4 abutting eachother, a retaining clip secured to said bowl and embracing the said abutting ends of said metal chamber, means for securing said abutting ends to said clip, and a connecting stub integral with sald clip and provided with a screw threaded aperture, substantially as described.

4. The combination, of a metal bowl and a metal trap, the latter provided with. an up'- turned receiving member and with a horizontally extending supportingflange, rivets securing said bowl to said flange, and a metal extension to said bowl forming an exit passage, the walls of which enter the open end of the upturned member of the trap and are riveted thereto, a tubular metal ilush chamber secured in the upper end of the bowl, a passage Way for the inflow of the flush water to said chamber, and a plurality of apertures for the exit of flush water from said chamber, substantiallyas described.

5. As a new article of manufacture, the clip for closet bowls shown and described, comprising an inverted U -shaped member, asv E, its lower ends being separated, one side of the clip having a vertical extension provided with an aperture, as e2, whereby the clip :may besecured to the closet bowl, the other side having an extension into the bowl proper constituting a guard or apron, ase, to prevent splashing, and a hollow stub, as F, integral with the said clip Eand adapted to be secured to the flush pipe, substantially as described.

6. The clip for closet bowlsdeseribed, comprising a Vmain portion E adapted to engage the flush chamber and the "side of the bowl, an

aperture, as e2through' one' side whereby thel clip may be secured to said bowl, and anintegral stub, as F, provided with a passage way, as f,4 therethrough, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aiix my signature, in presence of witnesses, this .5th day oiApril, D. 1895.

. p HENRY GILL. Witnesses: l

TAYLOR E. BROWN, ABRAM E. BURNER, HENRY W. CANNON. 

